The announcement of the beginning of Baghdad City of Peace carnival preparations, 2016

“Peace is a thousand miles journey and it must be taken one step at a time”

Lyndon B. Johnson

With the arrival of the 32nd anniversary of the announcement of UN about nations’ right in peace on 21st of September in each year on each land.

Iraqi young people organize confidently and with ambitions the 6th edition of (Baghdad City of Peace carnival) by continuous effort to make Baghdad really a city of peace, not only as a motto, where those young people believe that insistence is the principle to achieve what do they seek, which is peace.

On 25th June 2016, the beginning of the carnival’s preparation was announced and that was by making the “The Ramadani evening” activity, which had about 200 participants, a group of supporters, and guests. That evening had witnessed an important variety in the presented activities, hosting, and voluntary work of those young people which continued for 3 weeks.

Burj Babel institution’s gardens was the field of that activity to announce our aim for the 6th year in the carnival which is “Baghdad is the city of peace” which has continued year after year since its beginning in 2011.

Baghdad City of Peace carnival was one of the most important achievements of Baghdad’s young people in voluntary work field in all its levels of organization, preparation, and teamwork in the past few years.

Also, the big role of the carnival in supporting the youths’ campaigns which were few in the carnival’s first years, but now, there are 18 active campaigns in the carnival.

The establishment of this carnival was always purely voluntary context where Iraqi young people wait to put their wills in reality path and achieve them.

On the other hands, there are the shows, by which the carnival could revive the beautiful Baghdadi traditions, and show the young talents which had their first opportunity to be shown by peace’s theatre and what opportunities did it give.

Also, we don’t forget other talents which became the pioneer in peace’s field and the ones who are always ready for peace and develop year after year.

Finally, with all our love we say we as the family of the carnival don’t have only to offer our thanks to all donators, participants, and supporter groups which were with us in all the past years in order to keep this carnival active and bright.

We announce that we are running in each year to rise our motto to declare our love to Baghdad and peace, in order to bring back to Baghdad its name as “city of peace”.